About Us

Studio 424 is home to the media production classes at Blue Valley North High School (BVN) in Overland Park, Kansas. The classes are open to sophomores through seniors, who produce videos to serve the school and community. Studio 424 is run, produced, and curated by students with the goal of improving the conversation of the public. The work here reflects the limitless talent of the students in these classes. Studio 424 also produces the North Report, a school TV show for the students and faculty at Blue Valley North.

Producers

Molly HendrickMolly is a senior, second year staff member, and co-producer for Studio 424. She is in National Honors Society and spends most of her time browsing the Netflix library. Molly enjoys planning, editing, and organizing. In the future, she hopes to pursue law. Her vision for the show is to create content that makes people happy and hopes her skills can contribute to future shows.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/molly.clair.773Instagram: @﻿molly.hendrick﻿Email: mollyhendrick2@gmail.com

Drew Brown​Drew Brown is a junior at BVN, and is in his second year as a Studio 424 staff member. Drew is also in his first year as Co-Producer of Studio 424. In broadcast, Drew enjoys editing and working with the camera. He also enjoys the opportunity to lead the other staff members and work toward producing a show that both entertains, and serves the BVN community. Outside of school, Drew loves aviation. He is a student pilot, and he is a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol. He aspires to become a professional pilot. Drew strives to create content that is both entertaining and informative to our audience. He plans on continuing with broadcast for the remainder of his high school career, and hopes you enjoy the show.​Twitter: @drewb2001Instagram: @drewb2001Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/drewbrown424

Staff

Sophia ClarkSophia Clarke is a senior and second year staff member at Studio 424. She is so excited to work with and get to know this year’s talented staff! She hopes to make relevant, meaningful content this year and improve her editing skills. Outside of Broadcast, Sophia is also involved with her school’s GSA, National Honors Society, and mentor program. She loves talking to her friends, watching Project Runway with her little sister, and taking pictures of her ten year old dog, Hazel. She can’t wait to see how the North Report grows this year and she hopes you love it as much as she does!Twitter: @topepaclarkeVimeo: https://vimeo.com/sophiaclarke

Matt Scowcroft​Matt Scowcroft is a Junior and is a Newcomer to Broadcast II this year. He plans on bringing some Certified Frosty content to the North Report this year. Scowcroft's goal in life is to rule the world with an iron fist and each day he becomes closer to that said goal. Scowcroft is also a strong believer in freedom of speech and plans to make that clear in the future. Outside of Broadcast, Scowcroft is the Senator of the Kansas Junior Classical League, and is the only current Blue Valley North delegate. He is also the Latin Club Consul. Another one of Scowcroft's favorite hobbies is drawing, he has been drawing his entire life. Scowcroft is also a huge history fan, meaning he loves to learn and read about history, almost every day he is reading some book or online document about some sort of historical event or period. Another one of Scowcroft's core beliefs is that any publicity is good publicity, and that does tie in with why he decided to join the Broadcast II team. Instagram: @realscowcroft

Grant Bock​Grant enjoys being in Broadcast 2 because he plans on working in a field similar to this one and enjoys using a camera/editing. He likes to play soccer and and is interested in astronomy. He hopes this year they can make a lot of videos that the students will enjoy watching so they can show them to their friends and family.Snapchat: grant.bock ​Instagram: @grantbock1

Josh GibsonJosh Gibson is a senior at BVN, and is a second year broadcast 2 staff member. In broadcast, Josh excels in free hand camera work and visual effects. Josh is a fourth-year swimmer on the varsity swim team and varsity swim captain, played on the junior varsity golf team, is also a member of the National Honors Society. Josh wants to go to the University of Texas and major in film and media production. He aspires to get better at After Effects to make better transitions and visual effects.Instagram:@joshvgibsonFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/josh.gibson.31586Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/josh9gibson

Austin Pierron​Austin is a senior and first year staff member of Studio 424. He enjoys editing and pushing out as much content as possible for the enjoyment of the North Report audience. Austin hopes to make this year as great as possible with new and original content.Snapchat: austinpierronInstagram: @austinpierron

Emma Thurston​Emma Thurston is a junior and is starting her first year on the Broadcast 2 team. She enjoys cookie dough ice cream and taking pictures of strangers’ dogs. She is an Aries but identifies as a Pisces. The void of the ever-expanding universe inspires her hard work. In the future, she plans to launch herself into said void and bask in the silence. Additionally, she enjoys not taking things too seriously and she never really knows the extent of acceptable sarcasm and satire in all situations. She is looking forward to this year on the Broadcast 2 team!Instagram: @emmathurs

Meriahna AdamsMeriahna Adams is a Junior, and a first year member of Broadcast 2. In her free time she likes to sing Hamilton, look at pictures of dogs, and practice her French Horn. Along with Broadcast 2, Meriahna is enrolled in Symphonic Marching Band. Meriahna hopes to become a Social Studies teacher one day.Snapchat: mersbers12Instagram: @meriahna_adams

Brishay ​BoydBrishay Boyd is a Senior and second year staffer. She is glad to have the opportunity to work with the amazing staff of the North Report. She pursues video production as a hobby, and hopes to continue with it in college. Brishay loves to find creative shots, and her favorite movie is The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. ​

Vaughn McMahonVaughn is a junior and this is his second year of Broadcast II. Even though this is his second year he still doesn't know how to write a bio on time.

Morgan McGruderMorgan McGruder is a junior at BVN, and is in her first year of Broadcast II. Morgan plays soccer for FCKC DA and hopes to go to college on the east coast. Morgan loves music, engineering, filming. And being with her friends. She hopes to entertain North this year with original, funny content, and loves to hear ideas and thoughts from her classmates about her videos.Instagram: @moemoe2001Twitter: @MorganMcGruderSnapchat: morganmcgruderYoutube: Morgan McGruder

Luka Ivkovic​Luka Ivkovic is a sophomore at BVN, and this is his first year in Broadcast 2. In Broadcast, Luka enjoys all aspects from the camera work to the editing. He hopes to create funny as well as serious clips that appeal to multiple audiences on the North Report. Outside of Broadcast, he plays football and wrestles at 160 pounds. Luka also enjoys hanging out with friends and playing video games. He is looking very forward to this year in Broadcast and can’t wait to see what happens!

Niko Cano​Niko Cano is a sophomore at BVN this year, and looks forward to making good videos and content for the North Report. She hopes to raise awareness about issues at BVN but also celebrate its strengths, as well as make comedic videos. She really likes blueberry muffins, lasagna, using more punctuation than necessary (((for emphasis,, obviously))), her hedgehog ((Otto)), drawing disproportionate animals, and spelling words with emojis as often as possible. She hopes you have a lovely day!!Instagram: @niko_cano

Ashley SimsAshley Sims is a senior this year at BVN. This is her first year as a member of Studio 424. She enjoys photography, acting, and film. She is involved in the color guard team, and does dance outside of school. She is a part of French NHS and traveled to France this past summer. Ashley hopes to create captivating stories that also have a comedic aspect. She is excited for the upcoming school year.Instagram: @theashleysims

Anna SmallAnna Small is a Junior at BVN, and this is her first year in Broadcast II. She enjoys playing tennis and volleyball outside of school as well as taking photos and creating videos. She joined broadcast in hopes that she will learn more about filmmaking and how a camera works. This year she hopes to improve her editing skills and create quality videos that are entertaining. ​

Laura CampbellLaura Campbell is a sophomore and this is her first year in Broadcast II. She enjoys wildlife photography, adventures, going to Chick Fil A, and driving on country roads. Laura hopes to learn from all of the talented members of Studio 424. She is very excited for what this year has to offer.Instagram: @_campbellsoupp_